Thursday, July 9, 2009

Statistics indicate that 75% of the Hispanic population of Tennessee is either a U.S. citizen or a legal resident.

Of all of the Hispanics in Tennessee, 46% are native-born U.S. citizens. That puts the foreign-born population of Hispanics in Tennessee at 54% of the total (100%-46% native-born). Among foreign-born Hispanics, about 53% have been naturalized as full-fledged U.S. citizens or are otherwise legal residents (having a valid visa but not yet citizenship).

46% native-born U.S. citizensplus29% legal residents or naturalized U.S. citizens (53% of 54%)equals75% of Tennessee Hispanics are U.S. citizens or legal residents